Stock Collector and Distribution Driver - North

Blue Cross UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization offers a role as a Stock Collector and Distribution Driver. Responsible for collecting and delivering donations across the North of England, this position requires a full UK driving licence and a strong commitment to support the charity's mission.

Benefits

38 days holiday rising to 43 with service

Wellbeing support programs

Free access to GP services

Health cash plan

Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution

Life assurance

20% discount on pet insurance

Annual volunteer days

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence.
• Basic awareness of road traffic laws.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collect and deliver donation bags to charity shops.
• Manage route planning and vehicle checks.
• Conduct PAT testing on electrical items in shops as needed.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Relationship Building

Education

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Stock Collector and Distribution Driver - North

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Location: United Kingdom

Compensation: £22,394 / year

Application Deadline: 30 June 2025

Department: Fundraising, Comms & Engagement

Location: United Kingdom

Compensation: £22,394 / year

Description

Contract: Permanent – 35 hours per week
Salary: £22,394 per annum
Location: Required to travel across the North of England (between North Yorkshire, Manchester and the surrounding areas down towards Hartlebury)
Closing date: Monday 30th June 2025
Interview date: Thursday 10th July 2025

Covering areas within the North of England, we’re looking for a Stock Collection and Distribution Driver with great time management and relationship building skills to join our retail team! Reporting to our Area Manager for the North, you will be working with our charity shops to ensure donation bags are collected and delivered to their destination to be sold, enabling our charity to support sick, injured and homeless pets.

More about the role

Blue Cross cares for more than 40,000 animals every year through our rehoming, veterinary and education programmes. We have over 50 retail shops across England and Wales split into four geographical areas which provide a vital income stream to the wider charity.

As a Stock Collection & Distribution Driver, you will be making a huge contribution to our Blue Cross shops through the collection, distribution and transfer of stock. Although your role will mean that you are on the road for the majority of your time, you will have additional responsibilities including route planning, vehicle checks, ensuring the van is kept clean and serviced as required as well as ad hoc PAT testing on electrical items in the shops. Travel to our main retail hub based in Hartlebury, Worcestershire is required once per week among your other travel across the North between Northallerton, Manchester and down to Shrewsbury. Trust us – no two days will be the same!

About you

This role would suit a comfortable driver who can keep on top of paperwork such as journey records and mileage. No experience in this role is necessary as long as you have a full UK driving licence that allows you to drive a 3.5 tonne vehicle.

Your days will be varied, working with different teams in different counties so being a good communicator is essential. This role really helps keep the morale in our shops so being a people person who is happy to help others is essential! Manual handling training is provided to our retail staff due to the manual demand of the roles and is a mandatory requirement so we can keep you safe at work.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Full UK driving licence
• Experience of a driving-based role
• Awareness of road traffic laws and regulations
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• In the interest of Health and Safety whilst performing a physically active job, individuals are required to have the ability to perform their job safely and effectively.
  
  

Although not essential, it would be great if you had:

• Awareness of PAT Testing
  
  

Want to know more? We have attached the job description which hopefully gives you everything you need!

As part of our pre-employment check process, we will be required to undertake a DVLA driving licence check to assess your suitability for this role.

How to apply
Click the apply button below and complete the online application process before the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Blue Cross benefits

Our people are the most important part of delivering our purpose. If it were not for their amazing efforts and commitment, we would not be able to make the difference that we do today.

In return, Blue Cross wants to ensure we provide you with the best working environment we can. We want you to be happy working for us and will do everything we can to make sure you are.

Our generous benefits package includes:

• Full time equivalent of 38 days holiday rising to 43 with service (including Bank Holidays)
• Programmes for physical and mental wellbeing support
• Free access to GP via MetLife- 24/7 GP services, private prescriptions and more for you and your family
• Free physiotherapy advice and face to face intervention
• Health cash plan
• Unlimited access to an employee assistance programme
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution
• Professional fees paid with Continuing Professional Development and personal development support.
• Life assurance
• 20% discount on Pet Plan pet insurance
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Recognition scheme
• Annual volunteer days
• Charity worker discounts across a variety of retailers
  

To read more about the benefits Blue Cross has to offer, please visit the 'why work for us' page on our website.

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